Method for supporting beam correspondence and apparatus thereof

ABSTRACT

There is provided for supporting beam correspondence. The method may be performed by a user equipment (UE) and comprise: transmitting UE capability information to a base station. The UE capability information may include first information related a capability of supporting beam correspondence. The beam correspondence may be determined based on at least a beam correspondence tolerance requirement. The beam correspondence tolerance requirement may include a delta effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) of 3 dB.

This application is a continuation application of U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 16/789,055, filed on Feb. 12, 2020, which claimsthe benefit of Korean Patent Applications No. 10-2019-0018175, filed onFeb. 15, 2019 and No. 10-2019-0037440, filed Mar. 29, 2019, the contentsof which are all hereby incorporated by reference herein in theirentirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to mobile communication.

BACKGROUND

With the success in the Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio AccessNetwork (E-UTRAN) for 4th generation mobile communication, i.e., longterm evolution (LTE)/LTE-Advanced(LTE-A), interest in thenext-generation, i.e., 5th generation (also known as 5G) mobilecommunication is rising, and extensive research and development are inprocess.

A new radio access technology (New RAT or NR) is being researched forthe 5th generation (also known as 5G) mobile communication.

Beam correspondence is an ability of a user equipment (UE) to select asuitable beam for uplink (UL) transmission based on downlink (DL)measurements.

However, it is unapparent how much accuracy a requirement of the beamcorrespondence requires in order to determine the UE capable of the beamcorrespondence.

SUMMARY

Accordingly, a disclosure of the specification has been made in aneffort to solve the aforementioned problem.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, a disclosureof this specification provides a method for supporting beamcorrespondence. The method may be performed by a user equipment (UE) andcomprise: transmitting UE capability information to a base station. TheUE capability information may include first information related acapability of supporting beam correspondence. The beam correspondencemay be determined based on at least a beam correspondence tolerancerequirement. The beam correspondence tolerance requirement may include adelta effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) of 3 dB.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, a disclosureof this specification provides an apparatus operable for a userequipment (UE) to support beam correspondence. The apparatus maycomprise: at least one processor; and at least one computer memoryoperably connectable to the at least one processor and storinginstructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, performoperations comprising: transmitting UE capability information to a basestation. The UE capability information may include first informationrelated a capability of supporting beam correspondence. The beamcorrespondence may be determined based on at least a beam correspondencetolerance requirement. The beam correspondence tolerance requirement mayinclude a delta effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) of 3 dB.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, a disclosureof this specification provides a user equipment (UE) to support beamcorrespondence. The apparatus may comprise: a transceiver; at least oneprocessor operably connectable to the transceiver; and at least onecomputer memory operably connectable to the at least one processor andstoring instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor,perform operations comprising: transmitting UE capability information toa base station. The UE capability information may include firstinformation related a capability of supporting beam correspondence. Thebeam correspondence may be determined based on at least a beamcorrespondence tolerance requirement. The beam correspondence tolerancerequirement may include a delta effective isotropic radiated power(EIRP) of 3 dB.

According to a disclosure of the present disclosure, the above problemof the related art is solved.

Effects obtained through specific examples of the present specificationare not limited to the effects listed above. For example, there may be avariety of technical effects that a person having ordinary skill in therelated art can understand or derive from this specification.Accordingly, the specific effects of the present disclosure are notlimited to those explicitly described herein, but may include variouseffects that may be understood or derived from the technical features ofthe present disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates a wireless communication system.

FIGS. 2 a to 2 c are exemplary diagrams illustrating exemplaryarchitectures for services of the next generation mobile communication.

FIG. 3 shows an example of subframe type in NR.

FIG. 4 is an exemplary diagram illustrating an example of an SS block inNR.

FIG. 5 is an exemplary diagram illustrating an example of beam sweepingin NR.

FIG. 6 shows three cases for explaining a beam correspondence.

FIG. 7 shows a signal flow for transmitting UE capability information.

FIG. 8 shows an example of finding best EIRP level by UL beam sweepingor scan.

FIG. 9 shows an example of calculating Delta EIRP level assuming xdegree tilted beam selected case.

FIG. 10 a shows CDF curve for decision of criteria for rule out of badUE (non-BC capable UE)

FIG. 10 b shows the CDF curve which zooms in FIG. 10 a.

FIG. 11 shows x degree inaccuracy beam selection in 3D spherical area

FIG. 12 a shows simulation results for UE using 4 Beams and FIG. 12 bshows simulation results for UE using 8 Beams

FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating a wireless device and a basestation, by which the disclosure of this specification can beimplemented.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a detail structure of the wirelessdevice shown in FIG. 13 .

FIG. 15 is a detailed block diagram illustrating a transceiver of thewireless device shown in FIG. 13 and FIG. 14 .

FIG. 16 illustrates a detailed block diagram illustrating a processor ofthe wireless device shown in FIG. 13 and FIG. 14 .

FIG. 17 illustrates a communication system that can be applied to thepresent specification.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

Hereinafter, based on 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) longterm evolution (LTE), 3GPP LTE-advanced (LTE-A), 3GPP 5G (5thgeneration) or 3GPP New Radio (NR), the present specification will beapplied. This is just an example, and the present specification may beapplied to various wireless communication systems. Hereinafter, LTEincludes LTE and/or LTE-A.

The technical terms used herein are used to merely describe specificembodiments and should not be construed as limiting the presentspecification. Further, the technical terms used herein should be,unless defined otherwise, interpreted as having meanings generallyunderstood by those skilled in the art but not too broadly or toonarrowly. Further, the technical terms used herein, which are determinednot to exactly represent the spirit of the specification, should bereplaced by or understood by such technical terms as being able to beexactly understood by those skilled in the art. Further, the generalterms used herein should be interpreted in the context as defined in thedictionary, but not in an excessively narrowed manner.

The expression of the singular number in the present specificationincludes the meaning of the plural number unless the meaning of thesingular number is definitely different from that of the plural numberin the context. In the following description, the term ‘include’ or‘have’ may represent the existence of a feature, a number, a step, anoperation, a component, a part or the combination thereof described inthe present specification, and may not exclude the existence or additionof another feature, another number, another step, another operation,another component, another part or the combination thereof.

The terms ‘first’ and ‘second’ are used for the purpose of explanationabout various components, and the components are not limited to theterms ‘first’ and ‘second’. The terms ‘first’ and ‘second’ are only usedto distinguish one component from another component. For example, afirst component may be named as a second component without deviatingfrom the scope of the present specification.

It will be understood that when an element or layer is referred to asbeing “connected to” or “coupled to” another element or layer, it can bedirectly connected or coupled to the other element or layer orintervening elements or layers may be present. In contrast, when anelement is referred to as being “directly connected to” or “directlycoupled to” another element or layer, there are no intervening elementsor layers present.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present specification will bedescribed in greater detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.In describing the present specification, for ease of understanding, thesame reference numerals are used to denote the same componentsthroughout the drawings, and repetitive description on the samecomponents will be omitted. Detailed description on well-known artswhich are determined to make the gist of the specification unclear willbe omitted. The accompanying drawings are provided to merely make thespirit of the specification readily understood, but not should beintended to be limiting of the specification. It should be understoodthat the spirit of the specification may be expanded to itsmodifications, replacements or equivalents in addition to what is shownin the drawings.

In the appended drawings, although a User Equipment (UE) is illustratedas an example, this is merely an example given to simplify thedescription of the present disclosure. Herein, a UE may mean to awireless communication device performing communication in acommunication system, such as EPS and/or 5GS, and so on. And, the UEshown in the drawing may also be referred to as a terminal, a mobileequipment (ME), a wireless communication device, a wirelesscommunication apparatus, and so on. Additionally, the UE may be aportable device, such as a laptop computer, a mobile phone, a PDA, asmart phone, a multimedia device, and so on, or the UE may be anon-portable device, such as a personal computer (PC) or a vehiclemounted device.

Although the present disclosure has been described based on a UniversalMobile Telecommunication System (UMTS), an Evolved Packet Core (EPC),and a next generation (also known as 5th generation or 5G) mobilecommunication network, the present disclosure will be limited only tothe aforementioned communication systems and may, therefore, be appliedto all communication system and methods to which the technical scope andspirit of the present disclosure can be applied.

As used herein, “A or B” may mean “only A”, “only B”, or “both A and B”.In other words, “A or B” herein may be understood as “A and/or B”. Forexample, “A, B or C” herein means “only A”, “only B”, “only C”, or anycombination of A, B and C (any combination of A, B and C)”.

As used herein, a slash (/) or a comma may mean “and/or”. For example,“A/B” may mean “A and/or B”. Accordingly, “A/B” may mean “only A”, “onlyB”, or “both A and B”. For example, “A, B, C” may mean “A, B, or C”.

As used herein, “at least one of A and B” may mean “only A”, “only B”,or “both A and B”. In addition, the expression “at least one of A or B”or “at least one of A and/or B” may be understood as “At least one of Aand B”.

In addition, in this specification, “at least one of A, B and C” maymean “only A”, “only B”, “only C”, or “any combination of A, B and C”.In addition, “at least one of A, B or C” or “at least one of A, B and/orC” may mean “at least one of A, B and C”.

In addition, the parentheses used herein may mean “for example”. Indetail, when “control information (PDCCH(Physical Downlink ControlChannel))” is written herein, “PDCCH” may be proposed as an example of“control information”. In other words, “control information” of thepresent specification is not limited to “PDCCH”, and “PDDCH” may beproposed as an example of “control information”. In addition, even when“control information (i.e. PDCCH)” is written, “PDCCH” may be proposedas an example of “control information”.

The technical features individually described in one drawing in thisspecification may be implemented separately or at the same time.

As used herein, ‘base station’ generally refers to a fixed station thatcommunicates with a wireless device and may be denoted by other termssuch as eNB (evolved-NodeB), BTS (base transceiver system), gNB(next-generation NodeB), or access point.

As used herein, ‘user equipment (UE)’ may be an example of a wirelesscommunication device such as stationary or mobile. Also, UE may bedenoted by other terms such as device, wireless device, terminal, MS(mobile station), UT (user terminal), SS (subscriber station), MT(mobile terminal) and etc.

<Next-Generation Mobile Communication Network>

The following description of this specification may be applied to anext-generation (also known as 5th generation or 5G) mobilecommunication network.

Thanks to the success of long term evolution (LTE)/LTE-advanced (LTE-A)for 4G mobile communication, interest in the next generation, i.e.,5-generation (so called 5G) mobile communication has been increased andresearches have been continuously conducted.

The 5G mobile telecommunications defined by the InternationalTelecommunication Union (ITU) refers to providing a data transmissionrate of up to 20 Gbps and a feel transmission rate of at least 100 Mbpsor more at any location. The official name is ‘IMT-2020’ and its goal isto be commercialized worldwide in 2300.

ITU proposes three usage scenarios, for example, enhanced Mobile BroadBand (eMBB) and massive machine type communication (mMTC) and ultrareliable and low latency communications (URLLC).

URLLC relates to usage scenarios that require high reliability and lowlatency. For example, services such as autonomous navigation, factoryautomation, augmented reality require high reliability and low latency(e.g., a delay time of 1 ms or less). Currently, the delay time of 4G(LTE) is statistically 21 to 43 ms (best 10%) and 33 to 75 ms (median).This is insufficient to support a service requiring a delay time of 1 msor less. Next, an eMBB usage scenario relates to a usage scenariorequiring a mobile ultra-wideband.

That is, the 5G mobile communication system aims at higher capacity thanthe current 4G LTE, may increase the density of mobile broadband users,and may support device to device (D2D), high stability and machine typecommunication (MTC). 5G research and development also aims at a lowerlatency time and lower battery consumption than a 4G mobilecommunication system to better implement the Internet of things. A newradio access technology (New RAT or NR) may be proposed for such 5Gmobile communication.

FIG. 1 Illustrates a Wireless Communication System.

As seen with reference to FIG. 1 , the wireless communication systemincludes at least one base station (BS). The BS is classified into a gNB20 a and an eNB 20 b. The gNB 20 a is for 5G mobile communication suchas NR. And, the eNB 20 b is for 4G mobile communication such as LTE orLTE-A.

Each BS (e.g., gNB 20 a and eNB 20 b) provides a communication serviceto specific geographical areas (generally, referred to as cells) 20-1,20-2, and 20-3. The cell can be further divided into a plurality ofareas (sectors).

The UE 10 generally belongs to one cell and the cell to which the UEbelong is referred to as a serving cell. A BS that provides thecommunication service to the serving cell is referred to as a servingBS. Since the wireless communication system is a cellular system,another cell that neighbors to the serving cell is present. Another cellwhich neighbors to the serving cell is referred to a neighbor cell. A BSthat provides the communication service to the neighbor cell is referredto as a neighbor BS. The serving cell and the neighbor cell arerelatively decided based on the UE.

Hereinafter, a downlink means communication from the BS 20 to the UE 10and an uplink means communication from the UE 10 to the BS 200. In thedownlink, a transmitter may be a part of the BS 20 and a receiver may bea part of the UE 10. In the uplink, the transmitter may be a part of theUE 10 and the receiver may be a part of the BS 20.

Meanwhile, the wireless communication system may be generally dividedinto a frequency division duplex (FDD) type and a time division duplex(TDD) type. According to the FDD type, uplink transmission and downlinktransmission are achieved while occupying different frequency bands.According to the TDD type, the uplink transmission and the downlinktransmission are achieved at different time while occupying the samefrequency band. A channel response of the TDD type is substantiallyreciprocal. This means that a downlink channel response and an uplinkchannel response are approximately the same as each other in a givenfrequency area. Accordingly, in the TDD based wireless communicationsystem, the downlink channel response may be acquired from the uplinkchannel response. In the TDD type, since an entire frequency band istime-divided in the uplink transmission and the downlink transmission,the downlink transmission by the base station and the uplinktransmission by the terminal may not be performed simultaneously.

In the TDD system in which the uplink transmission and the downlinktransmission are divided by the unit of a subframe, the uplinktransmission and the downlink transmission are performed in differentsubframes.

<Carrier Aggregation>

A carrier aggregation system is now described.

A carrier aggregation system aggregates a plurality of componentcarriers (CCs). A meaning of an existing cell is changed according tothe above carrier aggregation. According to the carrier aggregation, acell may signify a combination of a downlink component carrier and anuplink component carrier or an independent downlink component carrier.

Further, the cell in the carrier aggregation may be classified into aprimary cell, a secondary cell, and a serving cell. The primary cellsignifies a cell operated in a primary frequency. The primary cellsignifies a cell which UE performs an initial connection establishmentprocedure or a connection reestablishment procedure or a cell indicatedas a primary cell in a handover procedure. The secondary cell signifiesa cell operating in a secondary frequency. Once the RRC connection isestablished, the secondary cell is used to provide an additional radioresource.

As described above, the carrier aggregation system may support aplurality of component carriers (CCs), that is, a plurality of servingcells unlike a single carrier system.

The carrier aggregation system may support a cross-carrier scheduling.The cross-carrier scheduling is a scheduling method capable ofperforming resource allocation of a PDSCH transmitted through othercomponent carrier through a PDCCH transmitted through a specificcomponent carrier and/or resource allocation of a PUSCH transmittedthrough other component carrier different from a component carrierbasically linked with the specific component carrier.

<Introduction of Dual Connectivity (DC)>

Recently, a scheme for simultaneously connecting UE to different basestations, for example, a macro cell base station and a small cell basestation, is being studied. This is called dual connectivity (DC).

In DC, the eNodeB for the primary cell (Pcell) may be referred to as amaster eNodeB (hereinafter referred to as MeNB). In addition, the eNodeBonly for the secondary cell (Scell) may be referred to as a secondaryeNodeB (hereinafter referred to as SeNB).

A cell group including a primary cell (Pcell) implemented by MeNB may bereferred to as a master cell group (MCG) or PUCCH cell group 1. A cellgroup including a secondary cell (Scell) implemented by the SeNB may bereferred to as a secondary cell group (SCG) or PUCCH cell group 2.

Meanwhile, among the secondary cells in the secondary cell group (SCG),a secondary cell in which the UE can transmit Uplink Control Information(UCI), or the secondary cell in which the UE can transmit a PUCCH may bereferred to as a super secondary cell (Super SCell) or a primarysecondary cell (Primary Scell; PScell).

FIGS. 2 a to 2 c are Exemplary Diagrams Illustrating ExemplaryArchitectures for Services of the Next Generation Mobile Communication.

Referring to FIG. 2 a , the UE is connected to LTE/LTE-A based cells andNR based cells in a dual connectivity (DC) manner.

The NR-based cell is connected to a core network for existing 4G mobilecommunication, that is, an evolved packet core (EPC).

Referring to FIG. 2 b , unlike FIG. 2 a , the LTE/LTE-A based cell isconnected to a core network for the 5G mobile communication, that is, anext generation (NG) core network.

The service scheme based on the architecture as illustrated in FIGS. 2 aand 2B is called non-standalone (NSA).

Referring to FIG. 2 c , the UE is connected only to NR-based cells. Theservice method based on such an architecture is called standalone (SA).

On the other hand, in the NR, it may be considered that the receptionfrom the base station uses a downlink subframe, and the transmission tothe base station uses an uplink subframe. This method may be applied topaired spectra and unpaired spectra. A pair of spectra means that thetwo carrier spectra are included for downlink and uplink operations.

For example, in a pair of spectra, one carrier may include a downlinkband and an uplink band that are paired with each other.

The NR supports a plurality of numerologies (e.g. a plurality of valuesof subcarrier spacing (SCS)) in order to support various 5G services.For example, when the SCS is 15 kHz, a wide area in traditional cellularbands is supported. When the SCS is 30 kHz/60 kHz, a dense-urban,lower-latency, and wider carrier bandwidth is supported. When the SCS is60 kHz or greater, a bandwidth greater than 24.25 GHz is supported inorder to overcome phase noise.

An NR frequency band may be defined as two types (FR1 and FR2) offrequency ranges. The frequency ranges may be changed. For example, thetwo types (FR1 and FR2) of frequency bands are illustrated in Table 1.For the convenience of description, among the frequency bands used inthe NR system, 1-R1 may refer to a “sub-6-GHz range”, FR2 may refer toan “above-6-GHz range” and may be referred to as a millimeter wave(mmWave).

TABLE 1 Frequency Range Corresponding Frequency Designation RangeSubcarrier Spacing FR1  450 MHz-6000 MHz 15, 30, 60 kHz FR2 24250MHz-52600 MHz 60, 120, 240 kHz

As described above, the frequency ranges for the NR system may bechanged. For example, FR1 may include a range from 410 MHz to 7125 MHzas illustrated in Table 2. That is, FR1 may include a frequency band of6 GHz or greater (or 5850, 5900, 5925 MHz, or the like). For example,the frequency band of 6 GHz or greater (or 5850, 5900, 5925 MHz or thelike) included in FR1 may include an unlicensed band. The unlicensedband may be used for various uses, for example, for vehicularcommunication (e.g., autonomous driving).

TABLE 2 Frequency Range Corresponding Frequency Designation RangeSubcarrier Spacing FR1  410 MHz-7125 MHz 15, 30, 60 kHz FR2 24250MHz-52600 MHz 60, 120, 240 kHz

<Operating Band in NR>

An operating band in NR is as follows.

Table 3 shows examples of operating bands on FRE Operating bands shownin Table 3 is a reframing operating band that is transitioned from anoperating band of LTE/LTE-A. This operating band may be referred to asFR1 operating band.

TABLE 3 NR Uplink (UL) Downlink (DL) operating operating band operatingband Duplex band F_(UL)_low-F_(UL)_high F_(DL)_low-F_(DL)_high mode n11920 MHz-1980 MHz 2110 MHz-2170 MHz FDD n2 1850 MHz-1910 MHz 1930MHz-1990 MHz FDD n3 1710 MHz-1785 MHz 1805 MHz-1880 MHz FDD n5 824MHz-849 MHz 869 MHz-894 MHz FDD n7 2500 MHz-2570 MHz 2620 MHz-2690 MHzFDD n8 880 MHz-915 MHz 925 MHz-960 MHz FDD n20 832 MHz-862 MHz 791MHz-821 MHz FDD n28 703 MHz-748 MHz 758 MHz-803 MHz FDD n38 2570MHz-2620 MHz 2570 MHz-2620 MHz TDD n41 2496 MHz-2690 MHz 2496 MHz-2690MHz TDD n50 1432 MHz-1517 MHz 1432 MHz-1517 MHz TDD n51 1427 MHz-1432MHz 1427 MHz-1432 MHz TDD n66 1710 MHz-1780 MHz 2110 MHz-2200 MHz FDDn70 1695 MHz-1710 MHz 1995 MHz-2300 MHz FDD n71 663 MHz-698 MHz 617MHz-652 MHz FDD n74 1427 MHz-1470 MHz 1475 MHz-1518 MHz FDD n75 N/A 1432MHz-1517 MHz SDL n76 N/A 1427 MHz-1432 MHz SDL n77 3300 MHz-4200 MHz3300 MHz-4200 MHz TDD n78 3300 MHz-3800 MHz 3300 MHz-3800 MHz TDD n794400 MHz-5000 MHz 4400 MHz-5000 MHz TDD n80 1710 MHz-1785 MHz N/A SULn81 880 MHz-915 MHz N/A SUL n82 832 MHz-862 MHz N/A SUL n83 703 MHz-748MHz N/A SUL n84 1920 MHz-1980 MHz N/A SUL

Table 4 shows examples of operating bands on FR2. The following tableshows operating bands defined on a high frequency. This operating bandis referred to as FR2 operating band.

TABLE 4 NR Uplink (UL) Downlink (DL) operating operating band operatingband Duplex band F_(UL)_low-F_(UL)_high F_(DL)_low-F_(DL)_high mode n25726500 MHz-29500 MHz 26500 MHz-29500 MHz TDD n258 24250 MHz-27500 MHz24250 MHz-27500 MHz TDD n260 37000 MHz-40000 MHz 37000 MHz-40000 MHz TDDn261 27500 MHz- 27500 MHz- TDD 283500 MHz 283500 MHz

Meanwhile, when the operating band shown in the above table is used, achannel bandwidth is used as shown in the following table.

TABLE 5 5 10 15 20 25 30 40 50 60 80 100 MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz MHzMHz MHz MHz SCS (kHz) N_(RB) N_(RB) N_(RB) N_(RB) N_(RB) N_(RB) N_(RB)N_(RB) N_(RB) N_(RB) N_(RB) 15 25 52 79 106 133 [160] 216 270 N/A N/AN/A 30 11 24 38 51 65  [78] 106 133 162 217 273 60 N/A 11 18 24 31  [38]51 65 79 107 135

In the above table, SCS indicates a subcarrier spacing. In the abovetable, NRB indicates the number of RBs.

Meanwhile, when the operating band shown in the above table is used, achannel bandwidth is used as shown in the following table.

TABLE 6 50 100 200 400 SCS MHz MHz MHz MHz (kHz) N_(RB) N_(RB) N_(RB)N_(RB) 60 66 132 264 N.A 120 32 66 132 264

FIG. 3 Shows an Example of Subframe Type in NR.

A transmission time interval (TTI) shown in FIG. 5 may be called asubframe or slot for NR (or new RAT). The subframe (or slot) in FIG. 5may be used in a TDD system of NR (or new RAT) to minimize datatransmission delay. As shown in FIG. 4 , a subframe (or slot) includes14 symbols as does the current subframe. A front symbol of the subframe(or slot) may be used for a downlink control channel, and a rear symbolof the subframe (or slot) may be used for a uplink control channel.Other channels may be used for downlink data transmission or uplink datatransmission. According to such structure of a subframe (or slot),downlink transmission and uplink transmission may be performedsequentially in one subframe (or slot). Therefore, a downlink data maybe received in the subframe (or slot), and a uplink acknowledge response(ACK/NACK) may be transmitted in the subframe (or slot). A subframe (orslot) in this structure may be called a self-constrained subframe. Ifthis structure of a subframe (or slot) is used, it may reduce timerequired to retransmit data regarding which a reception error occurred,and thus, a final data transmission waiting time may be minimized. Insuch structure of the self-contained subframe (slot), a time gap may berequired for transition from a transmission mode to a reception mode orvice versa. To this end, when downlink is transitioned to uplink in thesubframe structure, some OFDM symbols may be set as a Guard Period (GP).

<Support of Various Numerologies>

In the next generation system, with development of wirelesscommunication technologies, a plurality of numerologies may be providedto a UE.

The numerologies may be defined by a length of cycle prefix (CP) and asubcarrier spacing. One cell may provide a plurality of numerology to aUE. When an index of a numerology is represented by μ, a subcarrierspacing and a corresponding CP length may be expressed as shown in thefollowing table.

TABLE 7 M Δf = 2^(μ) · 15 [kHz] CP 0 15 Normal 1 30 Normal 2 60 Normal,Extended 3 120 Normal 4 240 Normal

In the case of a normal CP, when an index of a numerology is expressedby μ, the number of OLDM symbols per slot N^(slot) _(symb), the numberof slots per frame Nframe,μslot, and the number of slots per subframeNsubframe,μslot are expressed as shown in the following table.

TABLE 8 μ N^(slot) _(symb) N^(frame,μ) _(slot) N^(subframe,μ) _(slot) 014 10 1 1 14 20 2 2 14 40 4 3 14 80 8 4 14 160 16 5 14 320 32

In the case of an extended CP, when an index of a numerology isrepresented by μ, the number of OLDM symbols per slot N^(slot) _(symb),the number of slots per frame Nframe,μslot, and the number of slots persubframe Nsubframe,μslot are expressed as shown in the following table.

TABLE 9 M N^(slot) _(symb) N^(frame,μ) _(slot) N^(subframe,μ) _(slot) 212 40 4

Meanwhile, in the next-generation mobile communication, each symbol maybe used for downlink or uplink, as shown in the following table. In thefollowing table, uplink is indicated by U, and downlink is indicated byD. In the following table, X indicates a symbol that can be flexiblyused for uplink or downlink.

TABLE 10 Symbol Number in Slot Format 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 0D D D D D D D D D D D D D D 1 U U U U U U U U U U U U U U 2 X X X X X XX X X X X X X X 3 D D D D D D D D D D D D D X 4 D D D D D D D D D D D DX X 5 D D D D D D D D D D D X X X 6 D D D D D D D D D D X X X X 7 D D DD D D D D D X X X X X 8 X X X X X X X X X X X X X U 9 X X X X X X X X XX X X U U 10 X U U U U U U U U U U U U U 11 X X U U U U U U U U U U U U12 X X X U U U U U U U U U U U 13 X X X X U U U U U U U U U U 14 X X X XX U U U U U U U U U 15 X X X X X X U U U U U U U U 16 D X X X X X X X XX X X X X 17 D D X X X X X X X X X X X X 18 D D D X X X X X X X X X X X19 D X X X X X X X X X X X X U 20 D D X X X X X X X X X X X U 21 D D D XX X X X X X X X X U 22 D X X X X X X X X X X X U U 23 D D X X X X X X XX X X U U 24 D D D X X X X X X X X X U U 25 D X X X X X X X X X X U U U26 D D X X X X X X X X X U U U 27 D D D X X X X X X X X U U U 28 D D D DD D D D D D D D X U 29 D D D D D D D D D D D X X U 30 D D D D D D D D DD X X X U 31 D D D D D D D D D D D X U U 32 D D D D D D D D D D X X U U33 D D D D D D D D D X X X U U 34 D X U U U U U U U U U U U U 35 D D X UU U U U U U U U U U 36 D D D X U U U U U U U U U U 37 D X X U U U U U UU U U U U 38 D D X X U U U U U U U U U U 39 D D D X X U U U U U U U U U40 D X X X U U U U U U U U U U 41 D D X X X U U U U U U U U U 42 D D D XX X U U U U U U U U 43 D D D D D D D D D X X X X U 44 D D D D D D X X XX X X U U 45 D D D D D D X X U U U U U U 46 D D D D D D X D D D D D D X47 D D D D D X X D D D D D X X 48 D D X X X X X D D X X X X X 49 D X X XX X X D X X X X X X 50 X U U U U U U X U U U U U U 51 X X U U U U U X XU U U U U 52 X X X U U U U X X X U U U U 53 X X X X U U U X X X X U U U54 D D D D D X U D D D D D X U 55 D D X U U U U D D X U U U U 56 D X U UU U U D X U U U U U 57 D D D D X X U D D D D X X U 58 D D X X U U U D DX X U U U 59 D X X U U U U D X X U U U U 60 D X X X X X U D X X X X X U61 D D X X X X U D D X X X X U

In 5G NR, the UE defines a physical block channel (PBCH) includinginformation required to perform an initial access, that is, a masterinformation block (MIB) and a synchronization signal SS (including PSSand SSS). In addition, a plurality of SS blocks are bound to be definedas an SS burst, and a plurality of SS bursts are bound to be defined asan SS burst set. Each SS block is assumed to be beamformed in a specificdirection, and several SS blocks in the SS burst set are designed tosupport UEs in different directions.

FIG. 4 is an Exemplary Diagram Illustrating an Example of an SS Block inNR.

Referring to FIG. 4 , the SS burst is transmitted every predeterminedperiodicity. Therefore, the UE receives the SS block and performs celldetection and measurement.

On the other hand, in 5G NR, beam sweeping is performed on the SS.Hereinafter, it will be described with reference to FIG. 5 .

FIG. 5 is an Exemplary Diagram Illustrating an Example of Beam Sweepingin NR.

The base station transmits each SS block in the SS burst with beamsweeping over time. At this time, the SS blocks in the SS burst set aretransmitted in order to support UEs existing in different directions. InFIG. 5 , the SS burst set includes SS blocks 1 to 6, and each SS burstincludes two SS blocks.

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The disclosure of this specification will describe operations ofentities within a communication system, such as a UE (as an example ofwireless communication device), a base station including a PCell and/ora SCell, etc.

FIG. 6 Shows Three Cases for Explaining a Beam Correspondence.

In FIG. 6 , a case A shows an example that an uplink transmission beamof the UE match a downlink transmission beam of the BS. In this case,the UE may successfully receive and decode a downlink signal or channelfrom the BS and also the BS may successfully receive and decode anuplink signal or channel from the UE.

But, a case B shows an example that the uplink transmission beam of theUE does not match the downlink transmission beam of the BS. In thiscase, the UE cannot successfully receive and decode the downlink signalor channel from the BS and also the BS cannot successfully receive anddecode the uplink signal or channel from the UE.

Beam correspondence is an ability of the UE to select a suitable beamfor UL transmission based on DL measurements. The beam correspondencerequirement is satisfied assuming the presence of both SSB and CSI-RSsignals and a quasi colocation (QCL) is maintained between SSB andCSI-RS.

If the UE can meet the requirement for the beam correspondence, the UEis determined as UE capable of the beam correspondence.

In the case A, the requirement for the beam correspondence may befulfilled. But, in the case B, the requirement for the beamcorrespondence cannot be fulfilled.

The beam correspondence requirement for UE (e.g., power class 3 UE)includes three components:

Requirement 1 (Req 1): UE minimum peak effective isotropic radiatedpower (EIRP)

Requirement 2 (Req 2): UE spherical coverage

Requirement 3 (Req 3): Beam correspondence tolerance

The beam correspondence requirement is fulfilled if the UE satisfies oneof the following conditions, depending on the UE's beam correspondencecapability:

FIG. 7 Shows a Signal Flow for Transmitting UE Capability Information.

Referring to FIG. 7 , the UE transmit UE capability information to thegNB. The UE capability information may include information or indicationrepresenting whether the UE is a UE capable of the beam correspondenceor not.

If the information is set to bit 1, the UE can meet the minimum peakEIRP requirement and spherical coverage requirement with itsautonomously chosen UL beams and without uplink beam sweeping. Such a UEis considered to have met the beam correspondence tolerance requirement.

Meanwhile, a UE may be enhanced to perform an uplink (UL) beam sweeping.That is, the UE may be enhanced to change a direction of the uplinktransmission beam toward a direction of the downlink transmission beamof the BS.

If the information is set to bit 0, the UE can meet the minimum peakEIRP requirement and spherical coverage requirement with uplink beamsweeping. Such a UE shall meet the beam correspondence tolerancerequirement and shall support uplink beam management. So, such UE may bealso called as a UE capable of beam correspondence (BC) (abbreviated toBC capable UE).

However, it is unapparent how much accuracy the requirement of the beamcorrespondence requires in order to determine the UE capable of the beamcorrespondence. Or how much tolerance to the requirement of the beamcorrespondence is allowed to determine the UE capable of the beamcorrespondence.

FIG. 8 Shows an Example of Finding Best EIRP Level by UL Beam Sweepingor Scan.

Referring to FIG. 8 , it is unclear how can find EIRP 1 by UEautonomously selection and which is the criteria to block bad UE (non-BCcapable UE using UL beam sweeping) from entering into a cell.

To derive the delta EIRP between EIRP 2 and EIRP 1, it is needed todecide how can find the EIRP 1 by autonomously UE selection.

Also, to measure the EIRP 1 level, it is needed to consensus the bad UErule-out criteria because all NR UE should be support beamcorrespondence.

So, it is needed to decide rule-out criteria, then Q1 and Q2 shown inFIG. 8 are naturally solved. And, it is needed to measure the delta EIRPlevel between EIRP 1 and EIRP 2 level.

Therefore, two questions in FIG. 8 are answered as follows:

Q1: To derive delta EIRP level, how can RAN4 find the EIRP 1 byautonomously selection?

Ans1: First of all, it is needed define rule out criteria for bad UE,then find the EIRP 1 level only use the good UE (BC capable UE w/ ULbeam sweeping)

Q2: what is rule out criteria to block a bad UE (non-BC capable UE) fromentering into a cell?

Ans 2: it is needed decide [y]dB delta EIRP levels based on delta EIRPCDF curves according to beam inaccuracy. Based on the CDF curve, therule out criteria for bad UE may be defined.

Accordingly, the present disclosure provides solutions or suggestionsfor determining UE partially capable of BC (abbreviated to partial BCcapable UE).

In more detail, the present disclosure provides values of x (representedas % percentile) and delta y (represented as dB) for determining thebeam correspondence (BC) capable UE. The values of x and y may beobtained by omnidirectional-cumulative distribution function (CDF) basedon a delta value EIRP value between EIRP 1 and EIRP 2. Here, the deltaEIRP value=EIRP 1−EIRP 2.

I. Clarification on Partial BC Capable UE

It is needed to define additional Req 3 (i.e., beam correspondencetolerance) when the UE meeting Req 1 (i.e., the Minimum peak EIRPrequirement) and Req 2 (i.e., Spherical coverage requirement) with theuplink beam sweeping as follow:

For each of the test points in the grid, two EIRP should be calculated.

EIRP 1 is calculated based on the beam the UE chooses autonomously(corresponding beam) to transmit in the direction of the incoming DLsignal.

No uplink beam sweeping is assumed

EIRP 2 is the best EIRP (beam yielding highest EIRP in a givendirection) which is based on UL beam sweeping or TE scan.

It is needed to specify the procedure how the best EIRP is defined andderived.Delta EIRP=EIRP2−EIRP1

The test grid points where beam correspondence is verified are the gridpoints where the UE meets the spherical coverage requirements.

I-1. Discussion on the Criteria to Rule Out the Bad UE

To find the rule-out criteria, it may assumed that UE autonomously findthe best beam ID (e.g. #B2) in FIG. 9 which is tilted x degree from thebest beam direction.

FIG. 9 Shows an Example of Calculating Delta EIRP Level Assuming xDegree Tilted Beam Selected Case.

Then calculate the delta EIRP between EIRP 2 and EIRP 1, then draw CDFcurve for all measurements grid. And repeat this procedure according tox degree.

The reference CDF curve is x=5°, the degradation from the reference CDFcurve may be compared with the others. Then the candidate boundary maybe found to satisfy the allowed delta dB such as [2 dB] as shown in FIG.10 a and FIG. 10 b.

It means to allow 14 degree beam tilted autonomous selected UE tosatisfy the partial BC capable UE with UL beam sweeping.

So, based on the decided criteria for rule-out the bad UE, the Req 3 maybe defined using the CDF curve like as FIG. 10 a and FIG. 10 b.

In FIG. 10 b , the 2 dB delta EIRP allow the 10 degree beam inaccuracyat 85% CDF point when 7.5 degree EIRP measurement grid is considered.

Also 3 dB delta EIRP allow 11 degree beam inaccuracy and at same CDFpoint. The difference of beam inaccuracy is just 1 degree differencebetween 2 dB delta EIRP and 3 dB delta EIRP.

To derive the rule-out criteria and define the Req 3 (i.e., Beamcorrespondence tolerance) for partial beam correspondence UE, thepresent disclosure provides simulation results.

II. Simulation Assumption for Partial BC Capable UE (for BeamCorrespondence Tolerance)

In this section, we propose the simulation assumption and testmethodology for the delta EIRP based on reasonable rule out criteria forBC capable UE when UE perform beam sweeping by network request.

Proposed simulation assumption

Keep the EIRP measurement grid with 7.5 degree

Consider same UE RF test parameters to derive Peak/Spherical EIRPrequirements

To draw the CDF curve, the EIRP 1 is founded in EIRP 2 beam direction

For EIRP 2, select EIPR2 measurement point meet the spherical EIRPrequirement

Assume the Beam inaccuracy [5,6,7,8, . . . 20] with 1 degree step

For EIRP 1, find EIRP 1 measurement point in EIRP 2 beam direction asshown in FIG. 11 .

A delta EIRP statistic may be found based on CDF curves.

Based on simulation results, it is proposed as follows:

Proposal 1: The delta EIRP CDF curve is proposed based on simulationassumption and test methodology.

Proposal 2: From the simulation results, it is proposed to recommend the[2-3] dB delta EIRP at [80-85] % CDF curve.

Proposal 2-1: From the simulation results, it is proposed to recommendthe [2] dB delta EIRP at [80] % CDF curve or [3] dB delta EIRP at [85]%CDF curve.

II-2. Revised Simulation Assumption for Partial BC Capable UE (Req. 3)

In this section, it is proposed the simulation assumption and testmethodology for the delta EIRP based on reasonable rule out criteria forband UE.

Test point is top 50% EIRP 2 points for Power Class3 UE at FR2.

Basic principle: Test procedure and test point will be decided aspackage to reduce the OTA test time.

How to deal with UEs with capability signalling 2-20=0 that can pass Req1 (i.e., the Minimum peak EIRP requirement) & Req 2 (i.e., UE sphericalcoverage) without UL sweeping

The beam correspondence capability is signaled by UE to gNB as follow

UE that fulfills the beam correspondence requirement without the uplinkbeam sweeping shall set the bit to 2-20=1

UE that fulfills the beam correspondence requirement with the uplinkbeam sweeping shall set the bit to 2-20=0, then the UE feature 2-30(Uplink beam sweeping capability) shall be set to 2-30=1

Test on Req 3 (i.e., beam correspondence tolerance) always applies,i.e., do not confirm the setting of 2-20=0. Apply Req 3 (i.e., beamcorrespondence tolerance) based only on the declaration of 2-20=0 and2-30=1.

DL high SNR is considered.

The same polarization combining option will be used for both EIRP 1 andEIRP 2.

EIRP CDF is derived based on data vector [maximum (V−V+V−H, H−V+H−H)]cross all testing points.Delta EIRP=EIRP2[max(V−V+V−H,H+V+H−H)]−EIRP1[max(V−V+V−H,H+V+H−H)]

Baseline simulation assumption for checking point of value X: 80% 85%,90% 95% and 100%. In addition, it needs to check other point, e.g., 60%

BC capability and requirements shall be per-band basis.

Simulation assumption to apply error terms per element antenna is listedin below table.

TABLE 11 UE RF parameters Unit Value Notes Frequency Band n257/n258/Antenna n260/n261 performance can be different Measurement grid degree7.5° or 15° Peak EIRP is 7.5 Spherical EIRP is 15 # number of element 4Consider switched antenna in an (2 panels, # total 2 panels. antennamodule/set beam: 8, 16, 32) These parameters (# of panels, # of analogwill be depend beam(k), etc.) on UE implementation. Other vales are notprecluded Polarization 2 polarization Antenna location (front,Left/Right Combination of the back, top-side, left-side, lists are notright-side, bottom-side) precluded. Phase Error per Antenna Degree/δ_(pk)~N(0, α²) with Other distributions element (δ_(pk)) dB α = [5~10]°are not precluded Amplitude Error per δ_(ak)~N(0, α²) with Antennaelement (δ_(ak)) α = [0.5] dB Error in RSRP dB Δk~N(0, [2]²) estimation(D_(k)) Front cover (Plastic, Glass This information is Glass, Ceramic,Metal) meaningful only if Back cover (Plastic, Glass it's the same withGlass, Ceramic, Metal) the metal which Side cover/Frame Metal coversantennas. (Plastic, Glass, Ceramic, Metal) Display panel - Full Y/N Y(Y) or Partial (N) Bezel Margin mm 1.5 Module can't be placed outer edgeof UE to secure mechanical reliability

Simulation assumption to apply error terms per beam is listed in belowtable.

TABLE 12 UE RF parameters Unit Value Notes Frequency Band n257/n258/Antenna n260/n261 performance can be different Measurement grid degree7.5° or 15° Peak EIRP is 7.5 Spherical EIRP is 15 # number of element 4Consider switched antenna in an (2 panels, # total 2 panels. antennamodule/set beam: 8, 16, 32) These parameters (# of panels, # of analogwill be depend beam(k), etc.) on UE implementation. Other vales are notprecluded Polarization 2 polarization Antenna location (front,Left/Right Combination of the back, top-side, left-side, lists are notright-side, bottom-side) precluded. Phase Error per Antenna Degree/δ_(pk)~N(0, α²) with Other distributions element (δ_(pk)) dB α =[10~45]° are not precluded Amplitude Error per δ_(ak)~N(0, α²) withAntenna element (δ_(ak)) α = [1~3] dB Error in RSRP dB Δk~N(0, [2]²)estimation (D_(k)) Front cover (Plastic, Glass This information isGlass, Ceramic, Metal) meaningful only if Back cover (Plastic, Glassit's the same with Glass, Ceramic, Metal) the metal which Sidecover/Frame Metal covers antennas. (Plastic, Glass, Ceramic, Metal)Display panel - Full (Y) Y/N Y or Partial (N) Bezel Margin mm 1.5 Modulecan't be placed outer edge of UE to secure mechanical reliability

II-3. Revised Simulation Results

In order to model phase/amplitude error between Rx and Tx beam,following simulation parameter are used.

TABLE 13 Parameter Unit Value # of Total Beam 4/8 Beam pattern RealisticUE beam pattern on n257 Phase Error per Beam (δ_(pk)) Degree5°/10°/15°/20° Amplitude Error per Beam (δ_(ak)) dB 1 dB/2 dB/3 dB Errorin RSRP estimation(Dk) dB 2 dB

FIG. 12 a Shows Simulation Results for UE Using 4 Beams and FIG. 12 bShows Simulation Results for UE Using 8 Beams

Although simulation results are evaluated for given various combinationfor phase error and amplitude, it is noted that this value should bebased on implementation aspect and RF calibration cost. In observation,15° of phase error and 2 dB of amplitude error seems feasible asimplement target with reasonable cost. Considering up to 15° of phaseerror and 2 dB of amplitude error, beam correspondence requirementshould be 4 dB of ΔEIRP at 80%-tile point.

Proposal: Use 4 dB of ΔEIRP at 80%-tile point as beam correspondencetolerance requirement.

The present disclosure may be summarized as follows:

The UE may transmit UE capability information (UE feature 2-20) to abase station (gNB). The UE capability information may include firstinformation related a capability of supporting beam correspondence. Thebeam correspondence may be determined based on at least a beamcorrespondence tolerance requirement. The beam correspondence tolerancerequirement may include a delta effective isotropic radiated power(EIRP) of 3 dB.

The delta EIRP of 3 dB may be determined at 85% of a cumulativedistribution function (CDF).

The beam correspondence may be determined further based on at least oneof a UE minimum peak EIRP requirement and/or a UE spherical coveragerequirement.

The first information related the capability of supporting the beamcorrespondence may be set to a bit 1, based on that the UE minimum peakEIRP requirement and UE minimum peak EIRP requirement are met.

The UE may determines that the beam correspondence tolerance requirementis met, based on that the UE minimum peak EIRP requirement and UEminimum peak EIRP requirement are met.

The first information related the capability of supporting the beamcorrespondence may be set to a bit 0, based on that the UE minimum peakEIRP requirement and UE minimum peak EIRP requirement are met with anuplink beam sweeping (UE feature 2-30).

The delta EIRP of 3 dB may be determined based on a first EIRP and asecond EIRP.

The first EIRP may be calculated based on a beam the UE choosesautonomously.

The second EIRP may be a best EIRP based on an uplink beam sweeping.

<Communication System to which the Disclosure of this Specification isto be Applied>

While not limited to thereto, the various descriptions, functions,procedures, suggestions, methods, and/or operational flowcharts of thepresent specification disclosed herein may be applied to in variousfields requiring wireless communication/connection (e.g., 5G) betweendevices.

Hereinafter, a communication system to which the present specificationcan be applied is described in more detail with reference to thedrawings. The same reference numerals in the followingdrawings/descriptions may illustrate the same or corresponding hardwareblocks, software blocks, or functional blocks unless otherwiseindicated.

FIG. 13 is a Block Diagram Illustrating a Wireless Device and a BaseStation, by which the Disclosure of this Specification can beImplemented.

Referring to FIG. 13 , a wireless device 100 and a base station 200 mayimplement the disclosure of this specification.

The wireless device 100 includes a processor 120, a memory 130, and atransceiver 110. Likewise, the base station 200 includes a processor220, a memory 230, and a transceiver 210. The processors 120 and 220,the memories 130 and 230, and the transceivers 110 and 210 may beimplemented as separate chips, or at least two or more blocks/functionsmay be implemented through one chip.

Each of the transceivers 110 and 210 includes a transmitter and areceiver. When a particular operation is performed, either or both ofthe transmitter and the receiver may operate. Each of the transceivers110 and 210 may include one or more antennas for transmitting and/orreceiving a radio signal. In addition, each of the transceivers 110 and210 may include an amplifier configured for amplifying a Rx signaland/or a Tx signal, and a band pass filter for transmitting a signal toa particular frequency band.

Each of the processors 120 and 220 may implement functions, procedures,and/or methods proposed in this specification. Each of the processors120 and 220 may include an encoder and a decoder. For example, each ofthe processors 120 and 230 may perform operations described above. Eachof the processors 120 and 220 may include an application-specificintegrated circuit (ASIC), a different chipset, a logic circuit, a dataprocessing device, and/or a converter which converts a base band signaland a radio signal into each other.

Each of the memories 130 and 230 may include a Read-Only Memory (ROM), aRandom Access Memory (RAM), a flash memory, a memory card, a storagemedium, and/or any other storage device.

FIG. 14 is a Block Diagram Showing a Detail Structure of the WirelessDevice Shown in FIG. 13 .

In particular, FIG. 14 shows an example of the wireless device of FIG.13 in greater detail.

A wireless device includes a memory 130, a processor 120, a transceiver110, a power management module 1091, a battery 1092, a display 1041, aninput unit 1053, a speaker 1042, a microphone 1052, a subscriberidentification module (SIM) card, and one or more antennas.

The processor 120 may be configured to implement the proposed functions,procedures, and/or methods described in the present specification.Layers of a radio interface protocol may be implemented in the processor120. The processor 120 may include application-specific integratedcircuits (ASICs), other chipsets, logic circuits, and/or data processingunits. The processor 120 may be an application processor (AP). Theprocessor 120 may include at least one of a digital signal processor(DSP), a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit(GPS), and a modulator and demodulator (modem). An example of theprocessor 120 may include an SNAPDRAGON™ series processor manufacturedby Qualcomm®, an EXYNOS™ series processor manufactured by Samsung®, an Aseries processor manufactured by Apple®, a HELIO™ series processormanufactured by MediaTek®, an ATOM™ series processor manufactured byINTEL®, or a corresponding next-generation processor.

The power management module 1091 manages power for the processor 120and/or the transceiver 110. The battery 1092 supplies power to the powermanagement module 1091. The display 1041 outputs a result processed bythe processor 120. The input unit 1053 receives an input to be used bythe processor 120. The input unit 1053 may be displayed on the display1041. The SIM card is an integrated circuit used to safely store aninternational mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) used to identify andauthenticate a subscriber and a key related thereto in a portable phoneand a portable phone device such as a computer. Contacts information maybe stored in many SIM cards.

The memory 130 is operatively coupled to the processor 120, and stores avariety of information for operating the processor 120. The memory 130may include a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), aflash memory, a memory card, a storage medium, and/or other equivalentstorage devices. When the embodiment is implemented in software, thetechniques explained in the present specification can be implementedwith a module (i.e., procedure, function, etc.) for performing thefunctions explained in the present specification. The module may bestored in the memory 130 and may be performed by the processor 120. Thememory 130 may be implemented inside the processor 120. Alternatively,the memory 130 may be implemented outside the processor 120, and may becoupled to the processor 120 in a communicable manner by using variouswell-known means.

The transceiver 110 is operatively coupled to the processor 120, andtransmits and/or receives a radio signal. The transceiver 110 includes atransmitter and a receiver. The transceiver 110 may include a basebandsignal for processing a radio frequency signal. The transceiver controlsone or more antennas to transmit and/or receive a radio signal. In orderto initiate communication, the processor 120 transfers commandinformation to the transceiver 110, for example, to transmit a radiosignal constituting voice communication data. The antenna serves totransmit and receive a radio signal. When the radio signal is received,the transceiver 110 may transfer a signal to be processed by theprocessor 120, and may convert the signal into a baseband signal. Theprocessed signal may be converted into audible or readable informationwhich is output through the speaker 1042.

The speaker 1042 outputs a result related to a sound processed by theprocessor 120. The microphone 1052 receives a sound-related input to beused by the processor 120.

A user presses (or touches) a button of the input unit 1053 or drivesvoice (activates voice) by using the microphone 1052 to input commandinformation such as a phone number or the like. The processor 120receives the command information, and performs a proper function such ascalling the phone number or the like. Operational data may be extractedfrom the SIM card or the memory 130. In addition, the processor 120 maydisplay command information or operational information on the display1041 for user's recognition and convenience.

FIG. 15 is a Detailed Block Diagram Illustrating a Transceiver of theWireless Device Shown in FIG. 13 and FIG. 14 .

Referring to FIG. 15 , a transceiver 110 includes a transmitter 111 anda receiver 112. The transmitter 111 includes a Discrete FourierTransform (DFT) unit 1111, a subcarrier mapper 1112, an IFFT unit 1113,a CP insertion unit 1114, a wireless transmitter 1115. In addition, thetransceiver 1110 may further include a scramble unit (not shown), amodulation mapper (not shown), a layer mapper (not shown), and a layerpermutator, and the transceiver 110 may be disposed in front of the DFTunit 1111. That is, in order to prevent a peak-to-average power ratio(PAPR) from increasing, the transmitter 111 may transmit information topass through the DFT unit 1111 before mapping a signal to a subcarrier.A signal spread (or pre-coded for the same meaning) by the DFT unit 111is subcarrier-mapped by the subcarrier mapper 1112, and then generatedas a time domain signal by passing through the IFFT unit 1113.

The DFT unit 111 performs DFT on input symbols to output complex-valuedsymbols. For example, if Ntx symbols are input (here, Ntx is a naturalnumber), a DFT size may be Ntx. The DFT unit 1111 may be called atransform precoder. The subcarrier mapper 1112 maps the complex-valuedsymbols to subcarriers of a frequency domain. The complex-valued symbolsmay be mapped to resource elements corresponding to a resource blockallocated for data transmission. The subcarrier mapper 1112 may becalled a resource element mapper. The IFNT unit 113 may perform IFFT oninput symbols to output a baseband signal for data, which is atime-domain signal. The CP inserter 1114 copies a rear portion of thebaseband signal for data and inserts the copied portion into a frontpart of the baseband signal. The CP insertion prevents Inter-SymbolInterference (ISI) and Inter-Carrier Interference (ICI), and therefore,orthogonality may be maintained even in multi-path channels.

Meanwhile, the receiver 112 includes a wireless receiver 1121, a CPremover 1122, an FFT unit 1123, and an equalizer 1124, and so on. Thewireless receiver 1121, the CP remover 1122, and the FFT unit 1123 ofthe receiver 112 performs functions inverse to functions of the wirelesstransmitter 1115, the CP inserter 1114, and the IFFT unit 113 of thetransmitter 111. The receiver 112 may further include a demodulator.

FIG. 16 Illustrates a Detailed Block Diagram Illustrating a Processor ofthe Wireless Device Shown in FIG. 13 and FIG. 14 .

Referring to FIG. 16 , the processor 120 as illustrated in FIG. 13 andFIG. 14 may comprise a plurality of circuitries such as a firstcircuitry 120-1, a second circuitry 120-2 and a third circuitry 120-3.

The plurality of circuitries may be configured to implement the proposedfunctions, procedures, and/or methods described in the presentspecification.

The processor 120 may include application-specific integrated circuits(ASICs), other chipsets, logic circuits, and/or data processing units.The processor 120 may be an application processor (AP). The processor120 may include at least one of a digital signal processor (DSP), acentral processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPS), and amodulator and demodulator (modem). An example of the processor 120 mayinclude an SNAPDRAGON™ series processor manufactured by Qualcomm®, anEXYNOS™ series processor manufactured by Samsung®, an A series processormanufactured by Apple®, a HELIO™ series processor manufactured byMediaTek®, an ATOM™ series processor manufactured by INTEL®, or acorresponding next-generation processor.

Hereinafter, a communication system to which the present specificationcan be applied is described in more detail with reference to thedrawings. The same reference numerals in the followingdrawings/descriptions may illustrate the same or corresponding hardwareblocks, software blocks, or functional blocks unless otherwiseindicated.

FIG. 17 Illustrates a Communication System that can be Applied to thePresent Specification.

Referring to FIG. 17 , a communication system applied to the presentspecification includes a wireless device, a base station, and a network.Here, the wireless device means a device that performs communicationusing a wireless access technology (e.g., 5G New RAT (Long Term), LongTerm Evolution (LTE)), and may be referred to as acommunication/wireless/5G device.

Although not limited thereto, the wireless device may include a robot100 a, a vehicle 100 b-1, 100 b-2, an eXtended Reality (XR) device 100c, a hand-held device 100 d, a home appliance 100 e, an Internet ofThing (IoT) device 100 f, and the AI device/server 400. For example, thevehicle may include a vehicle having a wireless communication function,an autonomous vehicle, a vehicle capable of performing inter-vehiclecommunication, and the like.

Here, the vehicle may include an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) (e.g., adrone). XR device may include AR (Augmented Reality)/VR (VirtualReality)/MR (Mixed Reality) device. XR device may be implemented in theform of Head-Mounted Device (HMD), Head-Up Display (HUD), television,smartphone, a computer, a wearable device, a home appliance, a digitalsignage, a vehicle, a robot, and the like.

The mobile device may include a smartphone, a smart pad, a wearabledevice (e.g., smart watch, smart glasses), and a computer (e.g., alaptop, etc.). The home appliance may include a TV, a refrigerator, awashing machine, and the like. IoT devices may include sensors, smartmeters, and the like. For example, the base station and the network maybe implemented as a wireless device, and the specific wireless device200 a may operate as a base station/network node to other wirelessdevices.

The wireless devices 100 a to 100 f may be connected to the network 300through the base station 200. AI (Artificial Intelligence) technologymay be applied to the wireless devices 100 a to 100 f, and the wirelessdevices 100 a to 100 f may be connected to the AI server 400 through thenetwork 300.

The network 300 may be configured using a 3G network, a 4G (e.g. LTE)network, a 5G (e.g. NR) network, or the like. The wireless devices 100a-100 f may communicate with each other via the base station 200/network300, but may also communicate directly (e.g. sidelink communication)without passing through the base station/network. For example, thevehicles 100 b-1 and 100 b-2 may perform direct communication (e.g.vehicle to vehicle (V2V)/vehicle to everything (V2X) communication). Inaddition, the IoT device (e.g. sensor) may directly communicate withanother IoT device (e.g. sensor) or another wireless device 100 a to 100f.

A wireless communication/connection 150 a, 150 b, 150 c may be performedbetween the wireless devices 100 a-100 f/base station 200 and basestation 200/base station 200. Here, the wirelesscommunication/connection is implemented based on various wirelessconnections (e.g., 5G NR) such as uplink/downlink communication 150 a,sidelink communication 150 b (or D2D communication), inter-base stationcommunication 150 c (e.g. relay, integrated access backhaul), and thelike.

The wireless device and the base station/wireless device, the basestation, and the base station may transmit/receive radio signals to eachother through the wireless communication/connections 150 a, 150 b, and150 c. For example, wireless communications/connections 150 a, 150 b,150 c may transmit/receive signals over various physical channels. Tothis end, based on various proposals of the present specification, atleast some of various configuration information setting processes fortransmitting/receiving a wireless signal, various signal processingprocesses (e.g., channel encoding/decoding, modulation/demodulation,resource mapping/demapping, etc.) may be performed.

Claims in the present description can be combined in a various way. Forinstance, technical features in method claims of the present descriptioncan be combined to be implemented or performed in an apparatus, andtechnical features in apparatus claims can be combined to be implementedor performed in a method. Further, technical features in method claim(s)and apparatus claim(s) can be combined to be implemented or performed inan apparatus. Further, technical features in method claim(s) andapparatus claim(s) can be combined to be implemented or performed in amethod.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for supporting beam correspondence, themethod performed by a user equipment (UE) and comprising: determiningbeam correspondence based on at least a beam correspondence tolerancerequirement, wherein the beam correspondence tolerance requirementincludes a delta effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) of 3 dB,wherein the delta EIRP of 3 dB is determined based on a first EIRP and asecond EIRP, wherein the first EIRP is based on a beam the UE chooses,and wherein the second EIRP is the highest EIRP based on an uplink beamsweeping; transmitting UE capability information to a base station,wherein the UE capability information includes first information relatedto a capability of supporting beam correspondence, based on thedetermined beam correspondence.
 2. The method of claim 1, wherein thedelta EIRP of 3 dB is determined at 85% of a cumulative distributionfunction (CDF).
 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the beamcorrespondence is further determined based on at least one of a UEminimum peak EIRP requirement or a UE spherical coverage requirement. 4.The method of claim 3, wherein the first information related to thecapability of supporting the beam correspondence is set to a bit 1,based on the UE minimum peak EIRP requirement and UE minimum peak EIRPrequirement being met.
 5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:determining that the beam correspondence tolerance requirement is met,based on the UE minimum peak EIRP requirement and UE minimum peak EIRPrequirement being met.
 6. The method of claim 3, wherein the firstinformation related to the capability of supporting the beamcorrespondence is set to a bit 0, based on the UE minimum peak EIRPrequirement and UE minimum peak EIRP requirement being met with anuplink beam sweeping.
 7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:transmitting an uplink signal to the base station.
 8. A method forsupporting beam correspondence, the method performed by a base stationand comprising: receiving UE capability information from a UE (UserEquipment); wherein the UE capability information includes firstinformation related a capability of supporting beam correspondence,wherein the beam correspondence is determined based on at least a beamcorrespondence tolerance requirement, wherein the beam correspondencetolerance requirement includes a delta effective isotropic radiatedpower (EIRP) of 3 dB, wherein the delta EIRP of 3 dB is determined basedon a first EIRP and a second EIRP, wherein the first EIRP is based on abeam the UE chooses, and wherein the second EIRP is the highest EIRPbased on an uplink beam sweeping.
 9. The method of claim 8, wherein thedelta EIRP of 3 dB is determined at 85% of a cumulative distributionfunction (CDF).
 10. The method of claim 8, wherein the beamcorrespondence is further determined based on at least one of a UEminimum peak EIRP requirement or a UE spherical coverage requirement.11. The method of claim 8, wherein the first information related thecapability of supporting the beam correspondence is set to a bit 1,based on that the UE minimum peak EIRP requirement and UE minimum peakEIRP requirement are met.
 12. The method of claim 8, wherein the firstinformation related to the capability of supporting the beamcorrespondence is set to a bit 0, based on the UE minimum peak EIRPrequirement and UE minimum peak EIRP requirement being met with anuplink beam sweeping.
 13. A base station to support beam correspondence,the base station comprising: at least one processor; and at least onecomputer memory operably connectable to the at least one processor andstoring instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor,perform operations comprising: receiving UE capability information froma UE (User Equipment); wherein the UE capability information includesfirst information related a capability of supporting beamcorrespondence, wherein the beam correspondence is determined based onat least a beam correspondence tolerance requirement, wherein the beamcorrespondence tolerance requirement includes a delta effectiveisotropic radiated power (EIRP) of 3 dB, wherein the delta EIRP of 3 dBis determined based on a first EIRP and a second EIRP, wherein the firstEIRP is based on a beam the UE chooses, and wherein the second EIRP isthe highest EIRP based on an uplink beam sweeping.